Post your low light long exposures

[J-see]

 

[sonicbuffalo_RIP]

DSC_1319 by Michael Shipman, on Flickr

DSC_0030 by Michael Shipman, on Flickr

Nice Michael!

 

[sonicbuffalo_RIP]

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Great PP J-See....love the colors! Particularly the sky as it changes on the right of the image.

 

[J-see]

Great PP J-See....love the colors! Particularly the sky as it changes on the right of the image.

Thanks. Since I can't do much about the light pollution itself, I better do something creative with it in post.

 

[Shipman]

Thank you.

 

[Lee532]

Me too Lee!

Thanks Marilynne

 

[J-see]

 

[J-see]

Too misty tonight. I took a couple to see how they'd turn out.

 

[J-see]

 

[Shipman]

That fog looks so awesome.

 

[Lovin Our Life]

Sculpture over I-40 in Oklahoma City.

 

[J-see]

Not much of a sky tonight.

 

[J-see]

 

[Allan LJ]

Night shots are personal favorites of mine but this is only the second time I have managed to get it out myself.
Hopefully once I get used to my new d5200, I'll be able to get better low light results than on the d3000 used for this shot.

 

[J-see]

Night shots are personal favorites of mine but this is only the second time I have managed to get it out myself.
Hopefully once I get used to my new d5200, I'll be able to get better low light results than on the d3000 used for this shot.

The D5200 will do fine for night shots. The advantage is that unless our subject moves at night, we got all the time in the world to let the light seep in.

 

[J-see]

Not the best weather to shoot. I had to return earlier than I expected. Something in the dark scared the living hell out of my dog and she had only one thing in mind: hooooome.

Two shots; one processed normal and the other I had some fun with. Little else I could do with it. I didn't see the cables in the dark.

 

[Allan LJ]

The D5200 will do fine for night shots. The advantage is that unless our subject moves at night, we got all the time in the world to let the light seep in.

Yes plenty of time, but hopefully the newer processor will cut down on the waiting time after the exposure

 

[J-see]

Yes plenty of time, but hopefully the newer processor will cut down on the waiting time after the exposure

You're still going to wait as long after the exposure as the exposure lasted. That's noise reduction; it takes a "black" shot with the same shutter time to subtract noise.

 

[Scott Murray]

Yes plenty of time, but hopefully the newer processor will cut down on the waiting time after the exposure

You're still going to wait as long after the exposure as the exposure lasted. That's noise reduction; it takes a "black" shot with the same shutter time to subtract noise.

I turn both long exposure NR and High ISO NR off in camera, this will stop the waiting time. With a 20-30sec exposure on my D800e I can shoot continuous 30sec exposures while shooting lightning etc (Well until the buffer fills up). But I do have it down to a fine art so there are no missed shots.

 

[J-see]

I turn both long exposure NR and High ISO NR off in camera, this will stop the waiting time. With a 20-30sec exposure on my D800e I can shoot continuous 30sec exposures while shooting lightning etc (Well until the buffer fills up). But I do have it down to a fine art so there are no missed shots.

I tried without the reduction but my shots were pretty noisy. It might have been a coincidence but since I shoot with it enabled.

I have my dogs with me at night so it matters less that the cam is busy since the dogs keep me busy too.